Recombinant polypeptides for diagnosing infection with Trypanosoma cruzi

ABSTRACT

Recombinant polypeptides are disclosed that are useful for diagnosing American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, a disease caused by the infectious agent  Trypanosoma cruzi . Preferably, DNA sequences encoding the recombinant proteins are placed in plasmid vectors to be expressed in an organism.

[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/430,654, filed Dec. 4, 2002, hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to recombinant polypeptides that are useful for diagnosing American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease. Chagas disease is caused by the infectious agent Trypanosoma cruzi. More particularly, the invention relates to specific combinations of recombinant T. cruzi polypeptides, synthesized using genetic engineering techniques, and to constructs and processes for producing the recombinant polypeptides, and to an assay and kit for detecting T. cruzi infection which employs the recombinant polypeptides.

[0004] 2. Background

[0005] Chagas disease is a zoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. This organism is primarily transmitted through contact with its triatomine insect vectors, but transmission by transfusion of contaminated blood and congenital transmission also are important. Historically Chagas disease has been a public health problem in all of Latin America, with the exception of the Caribbean nations. The World Health Organization estimates that 16-18 million persons are chronically infected with T. cruzi, and that 45,000 deaths occur each year due to the illness. Infection with T. cruzi is life-long and specific drug treatment lacks efficacy and often causes serious side effects. Ten to thirty percent of T. cruzi-infected persons develop chronic symptomatic Chagas disease, and the burden of disability and mortality in the endemic countries is enormous.

[0006] An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 T. cruzi-infected persons now live in the United States. These immigrants pose a risk for transfusion-associated transmission of the parasite here and in other countries to which Latin Americans have emigrated. Eight such cases have been reported in the United States, Canada, and Europe, all of which occurred in immunosuppressed patients in whom acute T. cruzi infection was diagnosed because of the fulminant course of the illness. Most transfusions are given to immunocompetent patients in whom acute Chagas disease would be a mild illness, and thus it is reasonable to assume that many other undetected instances of transfusion-associated transmission of T. cruzi have occurred in the United States and other industrialized nations. The question of whether blood donated in the United States should be screened serologically for antibodies to T. cruzi has been considered for at least a decade by both public and private entities involved in blood banking. A panel of experts convened in early 2000 by the American Red Cross to consider this issue recommended unanimously that our blood supply be screened serologically. Implementation of such a recommendation, however, is not an option currently because no test for T. cruzi infection has been cleared by the FDA for screening donated blood.

[0007] Diagnosis of T. cruzi infection presents problems. Demographic and clinical data are suggestive at best. Parasitologic tests, e.g., xenodianosis, hemoculture and PCR are insensitive. Other serologic tests are generally insensitive and lack specificity, as false positive reactions often occur with specimens from patients having infectious diseases, such as leishmaniasis, syphilis, or malaria; autoimmune diseases; and other parasitic and non-parasitic illinesses.

[0008] Such conventional tests include indirect immunofluorescence (IIF), indirect hemagglutination (IHA), and complement fixation (CF) tests, as well as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA or EIA). Due to the lack of sensitivity and specify of the three commonly used assays, when a sample has a positive result from any, the blood must be discarded. Table I shows that in a major Brazilian blood bank (Hemocentro, Sao Paulo, Brazil), up to 3.43% of blood donations fall into this category. TABLE I IIF IHA CF % w/Results + + + 0.68% + − + 0.71% + + − − + + + − − 2.04% − + − − − + TOTAL: 3.43%

[0009] Commercially available ELISAs include lysate-based tests such as the Chagas Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA), available from Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, Ill. (the subject of FDA 510(k) Premarket Notification No. K933716, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety); the Chagas' IgG ELISA, available from Meridian Bioscience, Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and its predecessor, Gull Laboratories (the subject of FDA 510(k) Premarket Notification No. K911233, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety); and the Chagas' kit (EIA method), available from Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc., of Waltham, Mass. (the subject of FDA 510(k) Premarket Notification No. K930272, herein incorporated by reference in its entirely). However, because these tests have less than optimal sensitivities and specificities, their use for screening donated blood would fail to detect some T. cruzi-infected units and also would cause substantial numbers of otherwise usable units to be discarded needlessly.

[0010] One of the present inventors has previously developed a radioimmune precipitation assay (RIPA), described in Kirchhoff L V, Gam A A, Gusmao R D, Goldsmith R S, Rezende J M, Rassi A. “Increased specificity of serodiagnosis of Chagas' disease by detection of antibody to the 72 and 90 kDa glycoproteins of Trypanosoma cruzi.” J Infect Dis 1987;155:561-564, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. This test is considered the benchmark against which other tests are measured, and it is the only current option for confirmatory testing in the United States. Unfortunately, the RIPA costs $175 per assay, and at that price, screening the approximately 13 million units of blood donated each year would cost over $2 billion.

[0011] Therefore, the present inventors have further developed recombinant assays for detection of T. cruzi infection. A typical recombinant polypeptide and method for assaying is described by them in U.S. Pat. No. 5,876,734, No. 6,228,601, and PCT Publication No. WO 95/25797, each of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. Such assays for T. cruzi infection based on recombinant antigens, in contrast to those utilizing native antigens (e.g., the conventional lysate-based assays), as discussed above, will be more accurate, i.e., the sensitivity and specificity will be higher.

[0012] Furthermore, the recombinant assays of the invention present manufacturing advantages over the materials for the RIPA and conventional tests. Once the molecular biology has been completed, the recombinant antigens are produced in Escherichia coli, thus eliminating completely any biohazard associated with growing the parasites in liquid culture. This is a substantive advantage, as many cases of laboratory-acquired T. cruzi infection have been reported. Additionally, recombinant antigens produced in E. coli are much easier to purify, quantitate, and standardize than antigen lysates produced in liquid cultures of parasites, thus facilitating the manufacture of a consistent product and simplifying compliance with governmental regulations. A final advantage lies in the fact that several of the recombinant proteins presented in this application are comprised of two to four distinct protein segments derived from separate T. cruzi genes. This use of hybrid recombinant proteins also facilitates manufacture of an assay in that several antigenically distinct proteins are obtained in a single purification, quantitation, and standardization run.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0013] The present invention utilizes recombinant proteins for detecting T. cruzi infected blood. The invention utilizes specific polypeptide sequences that correspond to fusion proteins FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, FP7, FP8, FP9 and FP10 as described below. Isolated polynucleotides that encode the inventive polypeptides according to the present invention are also utilized, as are cells transformed with a recombinant plasmid that expresses a polypeptide according to the invention. The present invention is similar to that which is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,876,734, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. However, the present invention replaces the proteins in the process with the recombinant proteins of this invention to achieve similar or superior results.

[0014] The present invention also provides a method for detecting the presence of antibodies to T. cruzi in an individual, comprising the steps of contacting a putative anti-T. cruzi antibody-containing sample from an individual with a polypeptide according to the invention that is typically attached or conjugated to a carrier molecule or attached or conjugated to a solid phase; allowing anti-T. cruzi and other antibodies in said sample to bind to said polypeptide; washing away unbound anti-T. cruzi antibodies; and adding a compound that enables detection of the anti-T. cruzi antibodies which are specifically bound to the polypeptide. The compound that enables detection of the anti-T. cruzi antibodies may be selected from the group consisting of a colorometric agent, a fluorescent agent, a chemiluminescent agent and a radionucleotide.

[0015] Also provided in accordance with the present invention is a kit for diagnosing the presence of anti-T. cruzi antibodies in a sample, comprising a container in which a polypeptide according to the invention is attached or conjugated to a carrier molecule or attached or conjugated to a solid phase; and directions for carrying out the method according to the invention. The kit additionally may comprise a container of a compound that binds to anti-T. cruzi antibodies and that renders said antibodies detectable.

[0016] Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and the specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017]FIG. 1 is a description of the prior art.

[0018]FIGS. 1a-1 h are schematic representations of the recombinant proteins utilized in the invention.

[0019]FIG. 2 is a bar graph showing reactivity of various blood specimens with recombinant proteins used alone or in combination as target antigens in ELISAs.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020]FIGS. 1a-1 h represent the recombinant proteins of the invention, with the various letters indicating known protein sequences, as follows. The Figs. are schematic diagrams of the recombinant T. cruzi proteins, comprised of segments A through L. Solid segments (A, C, D, F, H, I, and K) represent nonrepetitive proteins having amino acid sequences that are unrelated to each other. Saw-tooth segments (B, E, G, J, and L) represent repetitive proteins having amino acid sequences that are unrelated to each other and unrelated to those of the nonrepetitive proteins. The relative sizes and numbers of repeats in the repetitive proteins are roughly represented in the Figs. The sizes and shapes of the nonrepetitive segments bear no relation to the actual proteins.

[0021] The following information refers to FIGS. 1 and 1a-1 h in which the recombinant proteins Ag15, FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, FP7, FP8, FP9 and FP10 are depicted schematically. These proteins are derived from T. cruzi, the protozoan parasite that causes Chagas disease, and are formed from of proteins A through L as indicated, and defined herein. There are no substantive amino acid similarities among proteins A through L. Similarly there are no substantive DNA sequence similarities among the segments that encode proteins A through L. The T. cruzi DNA sequences that encode proteins A through L were cloned in combination into pGEX and pET plasmid vectors, such as pET-32a. Strains of Escherichia coli were transfected with the recombinant vectors bearing the T. cruzi DNA sequences, and the bacteria were incubated in liquid culture under conditions favoring synthesis of the recombinant proteins. The latter proteins were subsequently affinity-purified and then used as target antigens in ELISAs. ELISAs in which proteins Ag15, FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, FP7, FP8, FP9, and FP10, alone or in combination are employed as target antigens are useful as sensitive and specific detectors of anti-T. cruzi antibodies in blood specimens obtained from persons who are chronically infected with this parasite. The detection of such antibodies is the primary means of identifying persons who are chronically infected with T. cruzi.

[0022] The following paragraphs contain information relating to the naming, localization, and function of proteins A through L, as well as the corresponding GenBank accession numbers of the sequences to which they are related and relevant publications.

[0023] It should be noted that the T. cruzi gene segments that encode protein segments A through L generally are shortened versions of the native coding regions. In this context, the constructs that encode single segments (i.e., FP5 and FP9), as well as all the others that encode more than one segment, are all unique, because, even if the individual components from which the various recombinant proteins of this invention are known, the segments of the invention have not been combined previously as described herein.

[0024] Protein AB. This hybrid recombinant protein, also designated Ag15 [SEQ ID NO. 2] in FIG. 1, is derived from the TCR27 gene of T. cruzi [SEQ ID NO. 1]. Protein A is the amino terminal nonrepetitive portion of the TCR27 protein, and Protein B is comprised of approximately 18 of the 14 amino acid repeats that make up the central portion of the TCR27 protein. The two native TCR27 genes sequenced contained approximately 69 and 105 of the 14-amino acid repeats.

[0025] Nucleotide sequence data that include the Ag15 DNA sequence were deposited with GenBank and EMBL databases by Keiko Otsu, John E. Donelson, and Louis V. Kirchhoff with the accession number L04603 and are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,876,734 and No. 6,228,601, issued to Louis V. Kirchhoff and Keiko Otsu (each of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety). These references also present DNA and inferred protein sequences that include the Ag15 DNA and inferred protein sequences. The Ag15 DNA and inferred protein sequences are additionally presented in Otsu K, Donelson J E, Kirchhoff L V. “Interruption of a Trypanosoma cruzi gene encoding a protein containing 14-amino acid repeats by targeted insertion of the neomycin phosphotransferase gene.” Mol Biochem Parasitol 1993;57:317-330, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0026] Protein C. This is a calcium binding protein of T. cruzi, initially called 1F8 and later designated the flagellar calcium binding protein (FCaBP) [SEQ ID NO 4]. The accession number of the original 1 F8 DNA sequence [SEQ ID NO 3] deposited in GenBank is K03278. The Protein C DNA and inferred protein sequences are presented in Gonzalez A, Lemer T J, Huecas M, Sosa-Pineda B, Nogueira N, Lizardi P M. “Apparent generation of a segmented mRNA from two separate tandem gene families in Trypanosoma cruzi.” Nucleic Acids Res 1985;13(16):5789-804, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0027]FIG. 1a shows a first protein (FP3) [SEQ ID NO. 22] in accordance with the invention. Specifically, FP3 corresponds essentially to the combination of Ag15 (FIG. 1), and by Protein C. The DNA sequence encoding FP3 [SEQ ID NO 21], also essentially corresponds to the sequences coding for Ag15 and Protein C.

[0028] Protein D. This is the protein core of a surface glycoprotein of T. cruzi that is referred to as GP72 [SEQ ID NO 6]. The accession number of the original gp72 DNA sequence [SEQ ID NO 5] deposited in GenBank is M65021. The Protein D DNA and inferred protein sequences are presented in Cooper R, Inverso J A, Espinosa M, Nogueira N, Cross G A. “Characterization of a candidate gene for GP72, an insect stage-specific antigen of Trypanosoma cruzi.” Mol Biochem Parasitol 1991;49(1):45-59, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0029]FIG. 1b shows a second protein (FP4) [SEQ ID NO 8] in accordance with the invention. The DNA sequence [SEQ ID NO 7] that encodes Protein DABC which is a single continuous coding region, essentially corresponds to the DNA sequences from which it was constructed.

[0030] Protein E. This is a segment of the flagellar repetitive protein (FRA) [SEQ ID NO 10] of T. cruzi comprised of approximately nine repeats consisting of 68 amino acids each, shown as FIG. 1c (FP5). The accession number of the original Protein E DNA sequence [SEQ ID NO 9] deposited in GenBank is J04015. The Protein E DNA and inferred protein sequences are presented in Lafaille J J, Linss J, Krieger M A, Souto-Padron T, de Souza W, Goldenberg S. “Structure and expression of two Trypanosoma cruzi genes encoding antigenic proteins bearing repetitive epitopes.” Mol Biochem Parasitol 1989; 35(2): 127-136, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0031] Protein FGH. This is a protein [SEQ ID NO 12] encoded by a modified version of the T. cruzi TCR39 gene that was artificially constructed [SEQ ID NO 11], shown as FIG. 1e (FP7). The modification entailed reducing the length of the central portion of the TCR39 gene that encodes the 12-amino acid repeats. Protein F is the amino terminal nonrepetitive segment of the TCR39 protein. Protein G is comprised of approximately 13 of the 12-amino acid repeats that make up the central portion of the TCR39 protein. Protein H is the carboxy terminal nonrepetitive segment of the TCR39 protein. The accession number of the original, i.e., the unmodified, Protein FGH DNA sequence deposited in GenBank is U15616. The TCR39 DNA and inferred protein sequences, which include the entire Protein FGH sequences, are presented in Gruber A, Zingales B. “Trypanosoma cruzi: characterization of two recombinant antigens with potential application in the diagnosis of Chagas' disease.” Exp Parasitol 1993;76(1):1-12, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0032]FIG. 1d shows another hybrid recombinant protein (FP6, Protein FGHE) [SEQ ID NO 14] in accordance with the invention. The DNA sequence that encodes Protein FGHE [SEQ ID NO 13], which is a single continuous coding region, essentially corresponds to the DNA sequences from which it was constructed.

[0033] Protein IJK. This is a protein [SEQ ID NO 16] encoded by a modified version of the T. cruzi shed acute phase antigen (SAPA) gene that was artificially constructed [SEQ ID NO 15], as shown in FIG. 1f (FP8). The modification entailed reducing the length of the central portion of the SAPA gene that consists of 12-amino acid repeats. Protein I is the amino terminal nonrepetitive segment of the SAPA protein. Protein J is comprised of approximately nine of the 12-amino acid repeats that make up the central portion of the SAPA protein. Protein K is the carboxy terminal nonrepetitive segment of the SAPA protein. The accession number of the original, i.e., the unmodified, Protein IJK DNA sequence deposited in Gen Bank is J03985. The SAPA DNA and protein sequences, which include the entire Protein IJK sequences, are presented in Affranchino J L, Pollevick G D, Frasch A C C. “The expression of the major shed Trypanosoma cruzi antigen results from the developmentally-regulated transcription of a small gene family.” FEBS Lett 1991;280:316-320, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0034] Protein L. This is a microtubule-associated repetitive protein (MAP) [SEQ ID NO 18] of T. cruzi that is comprised of approximately five repeats consisting of 38 amino acids each, as depicted in FIG. 1g (FP9). The accession number of the original Protein L DNA sequence [SEQ ID NO 17] deposited in GenBank is S68286. The Protein L DNA and inferred protein sequences are presented in Kemer N, Liegeard P, Levin M J, Hontebeyrie-Joskowicz M. “Trypanosoma cruzi: antibodies to a MAP-like protein in chronic Chagas' disease cross-react with mammalian cytoskeleton.” Experimental Parasitology 1991;73(4):451-459, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0035]FIG. 1h shows another hybrid recombinant protein (FP10, Protein IJKL) [SEQ ID NO 20] in accordance with the invention. The DNA sequence that encodes Protein IJKL [SEQ ID NO 19], which is a single continuous coding region, essentially corresponds to the DNA sequences from which it was constructed.

[0036] Additionally, combinations of the various recombinant proteins depicted in the Figs. may be used. While it is possible to combine one or more of the recombinant proteins to form longer recombinant proteins, typically more than one recombinant protein is used simultaneously. For example, simultaneous uses of FP4 and FP5, FP5 and FP6, as well as FP4 and FP6, and combinations using more than two recombinant proteins (e.g., FP4, FP6 and FP10) are considered within the scope of the present invention. It is believed that the sensitivity and specificity of the assays according to the invention are sufficient to meet FDA standards for screening the blood supply of the United States.

[0037] Additionally, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,228,601 (herein incorporated by reference in its entirety), polypeptides need not correspond exactly over their entire lengths to be considered within the scope of the invention. For example, a wide variety of polypeptides which contain at least one epitope embodied in the polypeptides of the invention can be used in accordance with the present invention. Based on the nucleotide sequences, polypeptide molecules also can be produced (1) that include sequence variations, relative to the naturally-occurring sequences, (2) that have one or more amino acids truncated from the naturally-occurring sequences and variations thereof, or (3) that contain the naturally-occurring sequences and variations thereof as part of a longer sequence.

[0038] In this description, polypeptide molecules in categories (1), (2) and (3) are said to “correspond” to the amino acid sequences of the recombinant proteins of the invention. Such polypeptides also are referred to as “variants.” The category of variants within the present invention includes, for example, fragments and muteins of proteins A though L, as well as larger molecules that consist essentially at least one protein sequence A through L, alone or in combination with other proteins A to L.

[0039] In this regard, a molecule that “consists essentially of” protein A to L, alone or in combination with any other proteins A to L, is one that is immunoreactive with samples from persons infected with T. cruzi, but that does not react with samples from patients with leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, and other parasitic and infectious diseases, with samples from patients with autoimmune disorders and other illnesses, and with specimens from normal persons.

[0040] A “mutein” is a polypeptide that is homologous to the protein to which it corresponds, and that retains the basic functional attribute—the ability to react selectively with samples from persons infected with T. cruzi —of the corresponding region. For purposes of this description, “homology” between two sequences connotes a likeness short of identity indicative of a derivation of the first sequence from the second. In particular, a polypeptide is “homologous” to the corresponding protein if a comparison of amino acid sequences between the polypeptide and the corresponding region reveals an identity of greater than 40%, preferably greater than 50% and more preferably 70%. Such sequence comparisons can be performed via known algorithms, such as those described in Pearson W R, Lipman D J. “Improved tools for biological sequence comparison.” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1988;85(8):2444-2448, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, which are readily implemented by computer.

[0041] A fragment of a protein of the invention is a molecule in which one or more amino acids are truncated from that protein. Muteins and fragments can be produced, in accordance with the present invention, by known de novo synthesis techniques.

[0042] Also exemplary of variants within the present invention are molecules that are longer than a protein of the invention, but that contain the region or a mutein thereof within the longer sequence. For example, a variant may include a futher fusion partner in addition to the protein of the invention. Such a fusion partner may allow easier purification of recombinantly-produced polypeptides. For example, use of a glutathione-S-transferase (26 kilodaltons, GST) fusion partner allows purification of recombinant polypeptides on glutathione agarose beads.

[0043] The portion of the sequence of a such molecule other than that portion of the sequence corresponding to the region may or may not be homologous to the sequence of a protein of the invention.

[0044] It will be appreciated that polypeptides shorter than the corresponding protein of the invention but that retain the ability to react selectively with samples from persons infected with T. cruzi are suitable for use in the present invention. Thus, variants may be of the same length, longer than or shorter than the protein of the invention, and also include sequences in which there are amino acid substitutions of the parent sequence. These variants must retain the ability to react selectively with samples from persons infected with T. cruzi.

[0045] In one embodiment, the assay of the invention uses FP4 as target antigen. Table II compares the results obtained by testing 45 pre-screened Argentinean specimens in an TABLE II RIPA + − FP4 ELISA + 9 0 − 0 36

[0046] FP4 ELISA with those obtained by RIPA testing.

[0047] The data in Table II show that in this group of specimens, the sensitivity and specificity of the FP4 ELISA were both 100%

[0048] Similarly, the performance of an FP4+FP6 ELISA in comparison to RIPA was TABLE III RIPA + − FP4 + FP6 ELISA + 10 1 − 0 78

[0049] assessed by testing 89 pre-selected Guatemalan specimens.

[0050] The data shown in Table III indicate that in this group of samples, the sensitivity of the FP4+FP6 ELISA was 100% and the specificity was 98.7%.

[0051] As shown in FIG. 2, in a FP4+FP6 ELISA, performed using standard procedures, a group of previously characterized RIPA-positive samples from several Chagas-endemic countries gave a mean reactivity (absorbance) of 2.99. Thus FP4+FP6 is the preferred embodiment among the recombinant proteins tested alone and in combination in that experiment.

[0052] It should be apparent that embodiments other than those specifically described above may come within the spirit and scope of the present invention, such as recombinant proteins comprised of different combinations and/or spatial arrangements of proteins A to L. Hence, the present invention is not limited by the above description.

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CRUZI CDS (1)..(1521) 1 tat ggc ccg agc tgt ggt gct tga gga tgg agc gct tta cgt ggc gga 48 Tyr Gly Pro Ser Cys Gly Ala Gly Trp Ser Ala Leu Arg Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 caa tgc caa caa cct cgt tcg aga aat ctc caa tgg cgt tgt cac ttc 96 Gln Cys Gln Gln Pro Arg Ser Arg Asn Leu Gln Trp Arg Cys His Phe 20 25 30 gtt tat tac gga agg act gct ggg ccc atc gta cat caa acc gta cag 144 Val Tyr Tyr Gly Arg Thr Ala Gly Pro Ile Val His Gln Thr Val Gln 35 40 45 ccg tac aaa tgg cgc tca tga ctt gtt tgt gtc gga cac ggg caa atc 192 Pro Tyr Lys Trp Arg Ser Leu Val Cys Val Gly His Gly Gln Ile 50 55 60 acg cat cat ttt tgc ccc acc tca gaa aaa aac gtt cat cac agt gtt 240 Thr His His Phe Cys Pro Thr Ser Glu Lys Asn Val His His Ser Val 65 70 75 tat aac agg att cca gcc gga tgt tct tca aat tag cga gaa gag tcg 288 Tyr Asn Arg Ile Pro Ala Gly Cys Ser Ser Asn Arg Glu Glu Ser 80 85 90 ttt gat gtt tgc cat ctg caa ttc cac gaa aat tct tgc gat taa tat 336 Phe Asp Val Cys His Leu Gln Phe His Glu Asn Ser Cys Asp Tyr 95 100 105 gca ggg agc cac aac ccc gaa gga gta ctg gca agt tgg aaa tgc gga 384 Ala Gly Ser His Asn Pro Glu Gly Val Leu Ala Ser Trp Lys Cys Gly 110 115 120 ctg cat ggg cta tca gag ttc cct cat gct cac gac cga gga gga taa 432 Leu His Gly Leu Ser Glu Phe Pro His Ala His Asp Arg Gly Gly 125 130 135 act cct cta cta cgg cat att aaa tgg aac ccc atc cat cat gtc ttt 480 Thr Pro Leu Leu Arg His Ile Lys Trp Asn Pro Ile His His Val Phe 140 145 150 155 acc cgc cac caa aac gaa gac gga agc acc cag aat ttg ccc gga tgt 528 Thr Arg His Gln Asn Glu Asp Gly Ser Thr Gln Asn Leu Pro Gly Cys 160 165 170 gtt gtt gca gtg gcc aca tgg gcc cat tgt ttc gct tgt gaa tat taa 576 Val Val Ala Val Ala Thr Trp Ala His Cys Phe Ala Cys Glu Tyr 175 180 185 caa aca tgc att tta cgt tgt tac cgc ctc caa tgt ata cat tgt aca 624 Gln Thr Cys Ile Leu Arg Cys Tyr Arg Leu Gln Cys Ile His Cys Thr 190 195 200 tga tgg ctc gta tca tcc gac tgg atc cat ggc cca gct cca aca ggc 672 Trp Leu Val Ser Ser Asp Trp Ile His Gly Pro Ala Pro Thr Gly 205 210 215 aga aaa taa tat cac taa ttc caa aaa aga aat gac aaa gct acg aga 720 Arg Lys Tyr His Phe Gln Lys Arg Asn Asp Lys Ala Thr Arg 220 225 230 aaa agt gaa aaa ggc cga gaa aga aaa att gga cgc cat taa ccg ggc 768 Lys Ser Glu Lys Gly Arg Glu Arg Lys Ile Gly Arg His Pro Gly 235 240 245 aac caa gct gga aga gga acg aaa cca agc gta caa agc agc aca caa 816 Asn Gln Ala Gly Arg Gly Thr Lys Pro Ser Val Gln Ser Ser Thr Gln 250 255 260 ggc aga gga gga aaa ggc taa aac att tca acg cct tat aac att tga 864 Gly Arg Gly Gly Lys Gly Asn Ile Ser Thr Pro Tyr Asn Ile 265 270 275 gtc gga aaa tat taa ctt aaa gaa aag gcc aaa tga cgc agt ttc aaa 912 Val Gly Lys Tyr Leu Lys Glu Lys Ala Lys Arg Ser Phe Lys 280 285 290 tcg gga taa gaa aaa aaa ttc tga aac cgc aaa aac tga cga agt aga 960 Ser Gly Glu Lys Lys Phe Asn Arg Lys Asn Arg Ser Arg 295 300 gaa aca gag ggc ggc tga ggc tgc caa ggc cgt gga gac gga gaa gca 1008 Glu Thr Glu Gly Gly Gly Cys Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala 305 310 315 gag ggc agc tga ggc cac gaa ggt tgc cga agc gga gaa gcg gaa ggc 1056 Glu Gly Ser Gly His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly 320 325 330 agc tga ggc cgc caa ggc cgt gga gac gga gaa gca gag ggc agc tga 1104 Ser Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 335 340 345 agc cac gaa ggt tgc cga agc gga gaa gca gaa ggc agc tga ggc cgc 1152 Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser Gly Arg 350 355 360 caa ggc cgt gga gac gga gaa gca gag ggc agc tga agc cac gaa ggt 1200 Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser Ser His Glu Gly 365 370 375 tgc cga agc gga gaa gca gag ggc agc tga agc cat gaa ggt tgc cga 1248 Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg 380 385 390 agc gga gaa gca gaa ggc agc tga ggc cgc caa ggc cgt gga gac gga 1296 Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly 395 400 405 gaa gca gag ggc agc tga agc cac gaa ggt tgc cga agc gga gaa gca 1344 Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala 410 415 420 gaa ggc agc tga ggc cgc caa ggc cgt gga gac gga gaa gca gag ggc 1392 Glu Gly Ser Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly 425 430 435 agc tga agc cac gaa ggt tgc cga agc gga gaa gca gaa ggc agc tga 1440 Ser Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 440 445 450 ggc cgc caa ggc cgt gga gac gga gaa gca gag ggc agc tga agc cac 1488 Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser Ser His 455 460 465 gaa ggt tgc cga agc gga gaa gga tat cga tcc 1521 Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Gly Tyr Arg Ser 470 475 2 7 PRT T. CRUZI 2 Tyr Gly Pro Ser Cys Gly Ala 1 5 3 46 PRT T. CRUZI 3 Gly Trp Ser Ala Leu Arg Gly Gly Gln Cys Gln Gln Pro Arg Ser Arg 1 5 10 15 Asn Leu Gln Trp Arg Cys His Phe Val Tyr Tyr Gly Arg Thr Ala Gly 20 25 30 Pro Ile Val His Gln Thr Val Gln Pro Tyr Lys Trp Arg Ser 35 40 45 4 36 PRT T. CRUZI 4 Leu Val Cys Val Gly His Gly Gln Ile Thr His His Phe Cys Pro Thr 1 5 10 15 Ser Glu Lys Asn Val His His Ser Val Tyr Asn Arg Ile Pro Ala Gly 20 25 30 Cys Ser Ser Asn 35 5 18 PRT T. CRUZI 5 Arg Glu Glu Ser Phe Asp Val Cys His Leu Gln Phe His Glu Asn Ser 1 5 10 15 Cys Asp 6 32 PRT T. CRUZI 6 Tyr Ala Gly Ser His Asn Pro Glu Gly Val Leu Ala Ser Trp Lys Cys 1 5 10 15 Gly Leu His Gly Leu Ser Glu Phe Pro His Ala His Asp Arg Gly Gly 20 25 30 7 47 PRT T. CRUZI 7 Thr Pro Leu Leu Arg His Ile Lys Trp Asn Pro Ile His His Val Phe 1 5 10 15 Thr Arg His Gln Asn Glu Asp Gly Ser Thr Gln Asn Leu Pro Gly Cys 20 25 30 Val Val Ala Val Ala Thr Trp Ala His Cys Phe Ala Cys Glu Tyr 35 40 45 8 16 PRT T. CRUZI 8 Gln Thr Cys Ile Leu Arg Cys Tyr Arg Leu Gln Cys Ile His Cys Thr 1 5 10 15 9 17 PRT T. CRUZI 9 Trp Leu Val Ser Ser Asp Trp Ile His Gly Pro Ala Pro Thr Gly Arg 1 5 10 15 Lys 10 23 PRT T. CRUZI 10 Phe Gln Lys Arg Asn Asp Lys Ala Thr Arg Lys Ser Glu Lys Gly Arg 1 5 10 15 Glu Arg Lys Ile Gly Arg His 20 11 24 PRT T. CRUZI 11 Pro Gly Asn Gln Ala Gly Arg Gly Thr Lys Pro Ser Val Gln Ser Ser 1 5 10 15 Thr Gln Gly Arg Gly Gly Lys Gly 20 12 8 PRT T. CRUZI 12 Asn Ile Ser Thr Pro Tyr Asn Ile 1 5 13 4 PRT T. CRUZI 13 Val Gly Lys Tyr 1 14 6 PRT T. CRUZI 14 Leu Lys Glu Lys Ala Lys 1 5 15 6 PRT T. CRUZI 15 Arg Ser Phe Lys Ser Gly 1 5 16 4 PRT T. CRUZI 16 Glu Lys Lys Phe 1 17 4 PRT T. CRUZI 17 Asn Arg Lys Asn 1 18 8 PRT T. CRUZI 18 Arg Ser Arg Glu Thr Glu Gly Gly 1 5 19 13 PRT T. CRUZI 19 Gly Cys Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 20 13 PRT T. CRUZI 20 Gly His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 21 13 PRT T. CRUZI 21 Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 22 13 PRT T. CRUZI 22 Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 23 13 PRT T. CRUZI 23 Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 24 13 PRT T. CRUZI 24 Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 25 13 PRT T. CRUZI 25 Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 26 13 PRT T. CRUZI 26 Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 27 13 PRT T. CRUZI 27 Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 28 13 PRT T. CRUZI 28 Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 29 13 PRT T. CRUZI 29 Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 30 13 PRT T. CRUZI 30 Gly Arg Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu Gly Ser 1 5 10 31 13 PRT T. CRUZI 31 Ser His Glu Gly Cys Arg Ser Gly Glu Gly Tyr Arg Ser 1 5 10 32 42 DNA T CRUZI misc_feature (1)..(4) n is a, c, g, or t 32 nnnnctatta ttgatacagt ttctgtacta tattggttgt gc 42 33 3749 DNA T CRUZI CDS (833)..(2575) sig_peptide (833)..(937) mat_peptide (938)..(2575) 33 ccccctcgag gtcgacctgc aggtcaacgg atcttacctg agtacaaaag gtcaagtgag 60 cggtcaaaag gatgtatata tacatatata accataaggg aaacatttgg gcatttaact 120 gcctttacat ttcccttttc cttcaatatc ttgtttgttt gtttttggtt tctataggaa 180 attttaggat ccggccagcg gcataggaga ttattctctt ttttattaat tgcttaatgc 240 gttggtctgt gtgtgtgttg gttcccttgt gcgagctcac ggggcctaat tatgattgtt 300 gcgcatatgc atatatatat atatatatat acatgtgtgt gtgtgtgtat atgtacgttt 360 gttggtttgc cgctgtactc ccgcctgcgt gtgtctgtct ctctctctgt gtgtgtgatg 420 ggctgcttct ctttcttttg ttgcgtccct ttattattat tatttttttt tcttctctcc 480 cacttctctc cccgtgtggt gcacgcacag taaagataga gggagaaata gagcgagtgt 540 ttgtatcagt gtctccgttg cggctggtac tggtagaagg agaagaatag aagaaggaga 600 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaagagaga gagagagaga agggcgaacg agaaaaaaga 660 agaagaaaca tttgagaagg aattggaacg aaaattgtaa gaggaagcaa aaaaaaaaaa 720 aaaaagtgtg tgtgtgtgag agagagagag agaggaagcc aataataata aaaagcaaac 780 aaaaaagcaa aaacaaaaat atttgtagac cggacgtccc gtcttggacg tg atg ttt 838 Met Phe -35 tca aaa agg acg tcg cca gca ccc ttc cgt gcg ctc ctg ctg ccg gtc 886 Ser Lys Arg Thr Ser Pro Ala Pro Phe Arg Ala Leu Leu Leu Pro Val -30 -25 -20 gtg gtg gtg gtg gtg gtg gtg gtg gca tct gtg gcc ctc cct gca gga 934 Val Val Val Val Val Val Val Val Ala Ser Val Ala Leu Pro Ala Gly -15 -10 -5 gcg cag ttt gat tta agg cag cag cag ctg gtt ata cag gat ttc ttc 982 Ala Gln Phe Asp Leu Arg Gln Gln Gln Leu Val Ile Gln Asp Phe Phe -1 1 5 10 15 atc agt cgc tcc tgc gca gga tgt tca cag ggg caa acc gat ggc cca 1030 Ile Ser Arg Ser Cys Ala Gly Cys Ser Gln Gly Gln Thr Asp Gly Pro 20 25 30 agc ggt gcc ggc aca ctc ttc act gcc gcc ggt ggt tcg ctt ggc aaa 1078 Ser Gly Ala Gly Thr Leu Phe Thr Ala Ala Gly Gly Ser Leu Gly Lys 35 40 45 gat gct tcc acg ctg ctg ttg tgt gac caa ggt ggt ggt ggc tcc agc 1126 Asp Ala Ser Thr Leu Leu Leu Cys Asp Gln Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Ser 50 55 60 gtg cgt ttg gtg aac aaa tcc ggc att ttc acc ctt gcc ggt agt aaa 1174 Val Arg Leu Val Asn Lys Ser Gly Ile Phe Thr Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys 65 70 75 acg acg cgt ggc aat caa aat ggt ccg gcg gcg acg gca ctc ttc aac 1222 Thr Thr Arg Gly Asn Gln Asn Gly Pro Ala Ala Thr Ala Leu Phe Asn 80 85 90 95 atg ccc cga gct gtg gtg ctt gag gat gga gcg ctt tac gtg gcg gac 1270 Met Pro Arg Ala Val Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Ala Leu Tyr Val Ala Asp 100 105 110 agt gcc aac aac ctc gtt cga gaa atc tcc aat ggc att gtc act tcg 1318 Ser Ala Asn Asn Leu Val Arg Glu Ile Ser Asn Gly Ile Val Thr Ser 115 120 125 ttt att acg gag gga ctg ctg ggc cca tcg tac atc aaa ccg tac agc 1366 Phe Ile Thr Glu Gly Leu Leu Gly Pro Ser Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser 130 135 140 cgt cca aat ggc gcc cat gac ttg ttt gtg tcg gac acg ggc aaa tct 1414 Arg Pro Asn Gly Ala His Asp Leu Phe Val Ser Asp Thr Gly Lys Ser 145 150 155 cgc atc att ttt gcc cca ctt cag aaa caa acg ttc atc aca gtg ttt 1462 Arg Ile Ile Phe Ala Pro Leu Gln Lys Gln Thr Phe Ile Thr Val Phe 160 165 170 175 ata aca gga ttc cag ccg gat gtt ctt caa att agc gag aag agt cgt 1510 Ile Thr Gly Phe Gln Pro Asp Val Leu Gln Ile Ser Glu Lys Ser Arg 180 185 190 ttg atg ttt gcc atc tgc aat tcc acg aaa att ctt tcg att aat atg 1558 Leu Met Phe Ala Ile Cys Asn Ser Thr Lys Ile Leu Ser Ile Asn Met 195 200 205 cag gga gcc aca acc ccg aag gat tac tgg caa gtt gga aat gcg gac 1606 Gln Gly Ala Thr Thr Pro Lys Asp Tyr Trp Gln Val Gly Asn Ala Asp 210 215 220 tgc atg ggc tat cag agt tct ctc atg ctc acg acc gag gag gat aaa 1654 Cys Met Gly Tyr Gln Ser Ser Leu Met Leu Thr Thr Glu Glu Asp Lys 225 230 235 ctc ctc tac tac ggc ata tta aat gga acc cca tcc atc atg tct tta 1702 Leu Leu Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile Met Ser Leu 240 245 250 255 ccc gcc acc aaa acg aag acg gaa gca ccc aga att tgc ccg gat gtg 1750 Pro Ala Thr Lys Thr Lys Thr Glu Ala Pro Arg Ile Cys Pro Asp Val 260 265 270 ttg ttg cgg tgg cca cat ggg ccc att gtt tcg ctt gtg aat att aac 1798 Leu Leu Arg Trp Pro His Gly Pro Ile Val Ser Leu Val Asn Ile Asn 275 280 285 aaa cat gca ttt tac gtt gtt acc gcc tcc aat gta tac att gta cat 1846 Lys His Ala Phe Tyr Val Val Thr Ala Ser Asn Val Tyr Ile Val His 290 295 300 gat ggc tct tat cat ccg act gtg acg ccg aca cct cct ctg aca ccg 1894 Asp Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Thr Val Thr Pro Thr Pro Pro Leu Thr Pro 305 310 315 acg cct aca cca gaa gtg aca ccc aca cct act gtg acc ccg acg cct 1942 Thr Pro Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Pro Thr Pro Thr Val Thr Pro Thr Pro 320 325 330 335 aca ccg gaa gtg aca ccg aca ccg cca gtg act ccg agc ccc acc atc 1990 Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Pro Thr Pro Pro Val Thr Pro Ser Pro Thr Ile 340 345 350 aca atc cac cgg ggt ttt gct gtg gca gcc ttt cct gcc caa agt ctt 2038 Thr Ile His Arg Gly Phe Ala Val Ala Ala Phe Pro Ala Gln Ser Leu 355 360 365 cca atc gaa gac ccg cgg ctt atg cat gaa ctg ctt tct tgg tta atg 2086 Pro Ile Glu Asp Pro Arg Leu Met His Glu Leu Leu Ser Trp Leu Met 370 375 380 aag gat gta ggg att gcg ttc gaa tcc acg gac ttt ttt gcc gta ttt 2134 Lys Asp Val Gly Ile Ala Phe Glu Ser Thr Asp Phe Phe Ala Val Phe 385 390 395 cct cca gat aga gag gtt ttg gtg ccc ggt tat gta aat gtc tcc acc 2182 Pro Pro Asp Arg Glu Val Leu Val Pro Gly Tyr Val Asn Val Ser Thr 400 405 410 415 tgg aat aac ttg acg gtg cta ttc aac ttt gac cgc acc att gtc atc 2230 Trp Asn Asn Leu Thr Val Leu Phe Asn Phe Asp Arg Thr Ile Val Ile 420 425 430 acg gaa tat ttc act cca gag ggc atg tct tca gag gag gga cag gcc 2278 Thr Glu Tyr Phe Thr Pro Glu Gly Met Ser Ser Glu Glu Gly Gln Ala 435 440 445 cga ctc ttc gct tcg ccg tgg tac tgg acg aga aat ttc ctt gat tca 2326 Arg Leu Phe Ala Ser Pro Trp Tyr Trp Thr Arg Asn Phe Leu Asp Ser 450 455 460 tta aag aaa aca gta gct tgg aag gac ttg gag gcg ttt tgc atg gtc 2374 Leu Lys Lys Thr Val Ala Trp Lys Asp Leu Glu Ala Phe Cys Met Val 465 470 475 aac tgt gtt gaa cac tgt gag aca atg aca ttc cat aag tca gaa tgt 2422 Asn Cys Val Glu His Cys Glu Thr Met Thr Phe His Lys Ser Glu Cys 480 485 490 495 gta ggc tac gtc cgg ccc cca gta tgc aac gac gtc tgt gtg ggg gcg 2470 Val Gly Tyr Val Arg Pro Pro Val Cys Asn Asp Val Cys Val Gly Ala 500 505 510 gta gtg tcc tcc gtg gtg ctt ggc gcc aca ggt atc gca ctc att gca 2518 Val Val Ser Ser Val Val Leu Gly Ala Thr Gly Ile Ala Leu Ile Ala 515 520 525 ctg atg gtt gga agt tcg gcg aac tta cgg agc gct gtg att ctt gtt 2566 Leu Met Val Gly Ser Ser Ala Asn Leu Arg Ser Ala Val Ile Leu Val 530 535 540 cca ccc atg tagattttgt ccccacactt tggagaaagg tgggaaatga 2615 Pro Pro Met 545 cttcagaaat tgaaattaga aggaaccaac aacacaagaa gcaagcgaag gtgaaaacaa 2675 cgggaagaag aagaagaaga aaaaaaaaaa aagaaaagaa aaaaatgggg ggctgagtgg 2735 ggaaaagaga aagaaaagaa gtgtgcgtgt aaccgtgtgt gtgtgtgccg gggaaaaaga 2795 agaaacacaa aagatttctt ttttgttttt tgttttaatg gtgcaaagag ggaaacaaga 2855 aagcgaaggg tgcatgtgtg tctgtagata tataaaaata aacatatgcc cccgcatgta 2915 ttttaccgtt ggcagttccg tggcttcttt tttttttttt tttttgtatt tttgttattt 2975 tttcctctta tttcttcgtg tgtgtgtgta tgtattatta ttcttttttg ttttttgttt 3035 gtttgtttgt ttttacctac tcatctgcct tcattttttt ttttgtgtgt tttcactcag 3095 cccctctctc tttctctctt cttcttctct cttcatgcgt gtatttccgc atggagtgga 3155 aaaggaacgg ctgggagcga ttgtgatggt gcttgtgttg gaggtgtggc tatgcgagta 3215 gtggagatgc atgtatgtat gtatatatgt ggtttggtgt atatatttaa atattatatg 3275 ttgttgttgt tgctgtccga ctctcggggg acgtacaccg acctacttac ttacagagag 3335 agagagagag aggaagagaa tgagagaaaa ggggggcgtg tggtgtgttc tgtattcatt 3395 gaagagcgca aaaataaata aaaataaaat aataaaatga gggagagaga agggaggagg 3455 aaacagcaga ggaatttgta tgccatcgtt gtgactaatt tttcataagg actctgtgat 3515 ggccctgtta accacgtcca ctgcagtaga cgagtcaaaa ttgactgcga gtgttacgcc 3575 aactgtacgt ctgtctccct cgtgctgtac gtgtgcaagt aagtacgtgt gtgcactgtg 3635 cgtgtgcgtg tgtgtgtgtg tcaagggcgc cttttacgtg tctgtgcgct tgagtgggga 3695 ggggagaaga ggaggagaga cgaagaaaga aagaaagaaa aaagcgggcg gcgc 3749 34 581 PRT T CRUZI 34 Met Phe Ser Lys Arg Thr Ser Pro Ala Pro Phe Arg Ala Leu Leu Leu -35 -30 -25 -20 Pro Val Val Val Val Val Val Val Val Val Ala Ser Val Ala Leu Pro -15 -10 -5 Ala Gly Ala Gln Phe Asp Leu Arg Gln Gln Gln Leu Val Ile Gln Asp -1 1 5 10 Phe Phe Ile Ser Arg Ser Cys Ala Gly Cys Ser Gln Gly Gln Thr Asp 15 20 25 Gly Pro Ser Gly Ala Gly Thr Leu Phe Thr Ala Ala Gly Gly Ser Leu 30 35 40 45 Gly Lys Asp Ala Ser Thr Leu Leu Leu Cys Asp Gln Gly Gly Gly Gly 50 55 60 Ser Ser Val Arg Leu Val Asn Lys Ser Gly Ile Phe Thr Leu Ala Gly 65 70 75 Ser Lys Thr Thr Arg Gly Asn Gln Asn Gly Pro Ala Ala Thr Ala Leu 80 85 90 Phe Asn Met Pro Arg Ala Val Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Ala Leu Tyr Val 95 100 105 Ala Asp Ser Ala Asn Asn Leu Val Arg Glu Ile Ser Asn Gly Ile Val 110 115 120 125 Thr Ser Phe Ile Thr Glu Gly Leu Leu Gly Pro Ser Tyr Ile Lys Pro 130 135 140 Tyr Ser Arg Pro Asn Gly Ala His Asp Leu Phe Val Ser Asp Thr Gly 145 150 155 Lys Ser Arg Ile Ile Phe Ala Pro Leu Gln Lys Gln Thr Phe Ile Thr 160 165 170 Val Phe Ile Thr Gly Phe Gln Pro Asp Val Leu Gln Ile Ser Glu Lys 175 180 185 Ser Arg Leu Met Phe Ala Ile Cys Asn Ser Thr Lys Ile Leu Ser Ile 190 195 200 205 Asn Met Gln Gly Ala Thr Thr Pro Lys Asp Tyr Trp Gln Val Gly Asn 210 215 220 Ala Asp Cys Met Gly Tyr Gln Ser Ser Leu Met Leu Thr Thr Glu Glu 225 230 235 Asp Lys Leu Leu Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile Met 240 245 250 Ser Leu Pro Ala Thr Lys Thr Lys Thr Glu Ala Pro Arg Ile Cys Pro 255 260 265 Asp Val Leu Leu Arg Trp Pro His Gly Pro Ile Val Ser Leu Val Asn 270 275 280 285 Ile Asn Lys His Ala Phe Tyr Val Val Thr Ala Ser Asn Val Tyr Ile 290 295 300 Val His Asp Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Thr Val Thr Pro Thr Pro Pro Leu 305 310 315 Thr Pro Thr Pro Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Pro Thr Pro Thr Val Thr Pro 320 325 330 Thr Pro Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Pro Thr Pro Pro Val Thr Pro Ser Pro 335 340 345 Thr Ile Thr Ile His Arg Gly Phe Ala Val Ala Ala Phe Pro Ala Gln 350 355 360 365 Ser Leu Pro Ile Glu Asp Pro Arg Leu Met His Glu Leu Leu Ser Trp 370 375 380 Leu Met Lys Asp Val Gly Ile Ala Phe Glu Ser Thr Asp Phe Phe Ala 385 390 395 Val Phe Pro Pro Asp Arg Glu Val Leu Val Pro Gly Tyr Val Asn Val 400 405 410 Ser Thr Trp Asn Asn Leu Thr Val Leu Phe Asn Phe Asp Arg Thr Ile 415 420 425 Val Ile Thr Glu Tyr Phe Thr Pro Glu Gly Met Ser Ser Glu Glu Gly 430 435 440 445 Gln Ala Arg Leu Phe Ala Ser Pro Trp Tyr Trp Thr Arg Asn Phe Leu 450 455 460 Asp Ser Leu Lys Lys Thr Val Ala Trp Lys Asp Leu Glu Ala Phe Cys 465 470 475 Met Val Asn Cys Val Glu His Cys Glu Thr Met Thr Phe His Lys Ser 480 485 490 Glu Cys Val Gly Tyr Val Arg Pro Pro Val Cys Asn Asp Val Cys Val 495 500 505 Gly Ala Val Val Ser Ser Val Val Leu Gly Ala Thr Gly Ile Ala Leu 510 515 520 525 Ile Ala Leu Met Val Gly Ser Ser Ala Asn Leu Arg Ser Ala Val Ile 530 535 540 Leu Val Pro Pro Met 545 35 2151 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(2151) 35 atg gcc cga gct gtg gtg ctt gag gat gga gcg ctt tac gtg gcg gac 48 Met Ala Arg Ala Val Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Ala Leu Tyr Val Ala Asp 1 5 10 15 aat gcc aac aac ctc gtt cga gaa atc tcc aat ggc gtt gtc act tcg 96 Asn Ala Asn Asn Leu Val Arg Glu Ile Ser Asn Gly Val Val Thr Ser 20 25 30 ttt att acg gaa gga ctg ctg ggc cca tcg tac atc aaa ccg tac agc 144 Phe Ile Thr Glu Gly Leu Leu Gly Pro Ser Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser 35 40 45 cgt aca aat ggc gct cat gac ttg ttt gtg tcg gac acg ggc aaa tca 192 Arg Thr Asn Gly Ala His Asp Leu Phe Val Ser Asp Thr Gly Lys Ser 50 55 60 cgc atc att ttt gcc cca cct cag aaa aaa acg ttc atc aca gtg ttt 240 Arg Ile Ile Phe Ala Pro Pro Gln Lys Lys Thr Phe Ile Thr Val Phe 65 70 75 80 ata aca gga ttc cag ccg gat gtt ctt caa att agc gag aag agt cgt 288 Ile Thr Gly Phe Gln Pro Asp Val Leu Gln Ile Ser Glu Lys Ser Arg 85 90 95 ttg atg ttt gcc atc tgc aat tcc acg aaa att ctt gcg att aat atg 336 Leu Met Phe Ala Ile Cys Asn Ser Thr Lys Ile Leu Ala Ile Asn Met 100 105 110 cag gga gcc aca acc ccg aag gag tac tgg caa gtt gga aat gcg gac 384 Gln Gly Ala Thr Thr Pro Lys Glu Tyr Trp Gln Val Gly Asn Ala Asp 115 120 125 tgc atg ggc tat cag agt tcc ctc atg ctc acg acc gag gag gat aaa 432 Cys Met Gly Tyr Gln Ser Ser Leu Met Leu Thr Thr Glu Glu Asp Lys 130 135 140 ctc ctc tac tac ggc ata tta aat gga acc cca tcc atc atg tct tta 480 Leu Leu Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile Met Ser Leu 145 150 155 160 ccc gcc acc aaa acg aag acg gaa gca ccc aga att tgc ccg gat gtg 528 Pro Ala Thr Lys Thr Lys Thr Glu Ala Pro Arg Ile Cys Pro Asp Val 165 170 175 ttg ttg cag tgg cca cat ggg ccc att gtt tcg ctt gtg aat att aac 576 Leu Leu Gln Trp Pro His Gly Pro Ile Val Ser Leu Val Asn Ile Asn 180 185 190 aaa cat gca ttt tac gtt gtt acc gcc tcc aat gta tac att gta cat 624 Lys His Ala Phe Tyr Val Val Thr Ala Ser Asn Val Tyr Ile Val His 195 200 205 gat ggc tcg tat cat ccg act gga tcc atg gcc cag ctc caa cag gca 672 Asp Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Thr Gly Ser Met Ala Gln Leu Gln Gln Ala 210 215 220 gaa aat aat atc act aat tcc aaa aaa gaa atg aca aag cta cga gaa 720 Glu Asn Asn Ile Thr Asn Ser Lys Lys Glu Met Thr Lys Leu Arg Glu 225 230 235 240 aaa gtg aaa aag gcc gag aaa gaa aaa ttg gac gcc att aac cgg gca 768 Lys Val Lys Lys Ala Glu Lys Glu Lys Leu Asp Ala Ile Asn Arg Ala 245 250 255 acc aag ctg gaa gag gaa cga aac caa gcg tac aaa gca gca cac aag 816 Thr Lys Leu Glu Glu Glu Arg Asn Gln Ala Tyr Lys Ala Ala His Lys 260 265 270 gca gag gag gaa aag gct aaa aca ttt caa cgc ctt ata aca ttt gag 864 Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Ala Lys Thr Phe Gln Arg Leu Ile Thr Phe Glu 275 280 285 tcg gaa aat att aac tta aag aaa agg cca aat gac gca gtt tca aat 912 Ser Glu Asn Ile Asn Leu Lys Lys Arg Pro Asn Asp Ala Val Ser Asn 290 295 300 cgg gat aag aaa aaa aat tct gaa acc gca aaa act gac gaa gta gag 960 Arg Asp Lys Lys Lys Asn Ser Glu Thr Ala Lys Thr Asp Glu Val Glu 305 310 315 320 aaa cag agg gcg gct gag gct gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag 1008 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln 325 330 335 agg gca gct gag gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cgg aag gca 1056 Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Arg Lys Ala 340 345 350 gct gag gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa 1104 Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu 355 360 365 gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag aag gca gct gag gcc gcc 1152 Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala 370 375 380 aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc acg aag gtt 1200 Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val 385 390 395 400 gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc atg aag gtt gcc gaa 1248 Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Met Lys Val Ala Glu 405 410 415 gcg gag aag cag aag gca gct gag gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag 1296 Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu 420 425 430 aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag 1344 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln 435 440 445 aag gca gct gag gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca 1392 Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala 450 455 460 gct gaa gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag aag gca gct gag 1440 Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu 465 470 475 480 gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc acg 1488 Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr 485 490 495 aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag gat atc gat ccc atg ggt gct tgt ggg 1536 Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Asp Ile Asp Pro Met Gly Ala Cys Gly 500 505 510 tcg aag gac tcg acg agc gac aag ggg ttg gcg agc gat aag gac ggc 1584 Ser Lys Asp Ser Thr Ser Asp Lys Gly Leu Ala Ser Asp Lys Asp Gly 515 520 525 aag aac gcc aag gac cgc aag gaa gcg tgg gag cgc att cgc cag gcg 1632 Lys Asn Ala Lys Asp Arg Lys Glu Ala Trp Glu Arg Ile Arg Gln Ala 530 535 540 att cct cgt gag aag acc gcc gag gca aaa cag cgc cgc atc gag ctc 1680 Ile Pro Arg Glu Lys Thr Ala Glu Ala Lys Gln Arg Arg Ile Glu Leu 545 550 555 560 ttc aag aag ttc gac aag aac gag acc ggg aag ctg tgc tac gat gag 1728 Phe Lys Lys Phe Asp Lys Asn Glu Thr Gly Lys Leu Cys Tyr Asp Glu 565 570 575 gtg cac agc ggc tgc ctc gag gtg ctg aag ttg gac gag ttc acg ccg 1776 Val His Ser Gly Cys Leu Glu Val Leu Lys Leu Asp Glu Phe Thr Pro 580 585 590 cga gtg cgc gac atc acg aag cgt gca ttc gac aag gcg agg gcc ctg 1824 Arg Val Arg Asp Ile Thr Lys Arg Ala Phe Asp Lys Ala Arg Ala Leu 595 600 605 ggc agc aag ctg gag aac aag ggc tcc gag gac ttt gtt gaa ttt ctg 1872 Gly Ser Lys Leu Glu Asn Lys Gly Ser Glu Asp Phe Val Glu Phe Leu 610 615 620 gag ttc cgt ctg atg ctg tgc tac atc tac gac ttc ttc gag ctg acg 1920 Glu Phe Arg Leu Met Leu Cys Tyr Ile Tyr Asp Phe Phe Glu Leu Thr 625 630 635 640 gtg atg ttc gac gag att gac gcc tcc ggc aac atg ctg gtt gac gag 1968 Val Met Phe Asp Glu Ile Asp Ala Ser Gly Asn Met Leu Val Asp Glu 645 650 655 gag gag ttc aag cgc gcc gtg ccc aag ctt gag gcg tgg ggc gcc aag 2016 Glu Glu Phe Lys Arg Ala Val Pro Lys Leu Glu Ala Trp Gly Ala Lys 660 665 670 gtc gag gat ccc gcg gcg ctg ttc aag gag ctc gat aag aac ggc act 2064 Val Glu Asp Pro Ala Ala Leu Phe Lys Glu Leu Asp Lys Asn Gly Thr 675 680 685 ggg tcc gtg acg ttc gac gag ttt gct gcg tgg gct tct gca gtc aaa 2112 Gly Ser Val Thr Phe Asp Glu Phe Ala Ala Trp Ala Ser Ala Val Lys 690 695 700 ctg gac gcc gac ggc gac ccg gac aac gtg ccg gat atc 2151 Leu Asp Ala Asp Gly Asp Pro Asp Asn Val Pro Asp Ile 705 710 715 36 717 PRT T CRUZI 36 Met Ala Arg Ala Val Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Ala Leu Tyr Val Ala Asp 1 5 10 15 Asn Ala Asn Asn Leu Val Arg Glu Ile Ser Asn Gly Val Val Thr Ser 20 25 30 Phe Ile Thr Glu Gly Leu Leu Gly Pro Ser Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser 35 40 45 Arg Thr Asn Gly Ala His Asp Leu Phe Val Ser Asp Thr Gly Lys Ser 50 55 60 Arg Ile Ile Phe Ala Pro Pro Gln Lys Lys Thr Phe Ile Thr Val Phe 65 70 75 80 Ile Thr Gly Phe Gln Pro Asp Val Leu Gln Ile Ser Glu Lys Ser Arg 85 90 95 Leu Met Phe Ala Ile Cys Asn Ser Thr Lys Ile Leu Ala Ile Asn Met 100 105 110 Gln Gly Ala Thr Thr Pro Lys Glu Tyr Trp Gln Val Gly Asn Ala Asp 115 120 125 Cys Met Gly Tyr Gln Ser Ser Leu Met Leu Thr Thr Glu Glu Asp Lys 130 135 140 Leu Leu Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile Met Ser Leu 145 150 155 160 Pro Ala Thr Lys Thr Lys Thr Glu Ala Pro Arg Ile Cys Pro Asp Val 165 170 175 Leu Leu Gln Trp Pro His Gly Pro Ile Val Ser Leu Val Asn Ile Asn 180 185 190 Lys His Ala Phe Tyr Val Val Thr Ala Ser Asn Val Tyr Ile Val His 195 200 205 Asp Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Thr Gly Ser Met Ala Gln Leu Gln Gln Ala 210 215 220 Glu Asn Asn Ile Thr Asn Ser Lys Lys Glu Met Thr Lys Leu Arg Glu 225 230 235 240 Lys Val Lys Lys Ala Glu Lys Glu Lys Leu Asp Ala Ile Asn Arg Ala 245 250 255 Thr Lys Leu Glu Glu Glu Arg Asn Gln Ala Tyr Lys Ala Ala His Lys 260 265 270 Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Ala Lys Thr Phe Gln Arg Leu Ile Thr Phe Glu 275 280 285 Ser Glu Asn Ile Asn Leu Lys Lys Arg Pro Asn Asp Ala Val Ser Asn 290 295 300 Arg Asp Lys Lys Lys Asn Ser Glu Thr Ala Lys Thr Asp Glu Val Glu 305 310 315 320 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln 325 330 335 Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Arg Lys Ala 340 345 350 Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu 355 360 365 Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala 370 375 380 Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val 385 390 395 400 Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Met Lys Val Ala Glu 405 410 415 Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu 420 425 430 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln 435 440 445 Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala 450 455 460 Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu 465 470 475 480 Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr 485 490 495 Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Asp Ile Asp Pro Met Gly Ala Cys Gly 500 505 510 Ser Lys Asp Ser Thr Ser Asp Lys Gly Leu Ala Ser Asp Lys Asp Gly 515 520 525 Lys Asn Ala Lys Asp Arg Lys Glu Ala Trp Glu Arg Ile Arg Gln Ala 530 535 540 Ile Pro Arg Glu Lys Thr Ala Glu Ala Lys Gln Arg Arg Ile Glu Leu 545 550 555 560 Phe Lys Lys Phe Asp Lys Asn Glu Thr Gly Lys Leu Cys Tyr Asp Glu 565 570 575 Val His Ser Gly Cys Leu Glu Val Leu Lys Leu Asp Glu Phe Thr Pro 580 585 590 Arg Val Arg Asp Ile Thr Lys Arg Ala Phe Asp Lys Ala Arg Ala Leu 595 600 605 Gly Ser Lys Leu Glu Asn Lys Gly Ser Glu Asp Phe Val Glu Phe Leu 610 615 620 Glu Phe Arg Leu Met Leu Cys Tyr Ile Tyr Asp Phe Phe Glu Leu Thr 625 630 635 640 Val Met Phe Asp Glu Ile Asp Ala Ser Gly Asn Met Leu Val Asp Glu 645 650 655 Glu Glu Phe Lys Arg Ala Val Pro Lys Leu Glu Ala Trp Gly Ala Lys 660 665 670 Val Glu Asp Pro Ala Ala Leu Phe Lys Glu Leu Asp Lys Asn Gly Thr 675 680 685 Gly Ser Val Thr Phe Asp Glu Phe Ala Ala Trp Ala Ser Ala Val Lys 690 695 700 Leu Asp Ala Asp Gly Asp Pro Asp Asn Val Pro Asp Ile 705 710 715 37 1836 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(1836) 37 atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac 48 Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn 1 5 10 15 gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag 96 Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln 20 25 30 gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag 144 Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln 35 40 45 aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc 192 Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser 50 55 60 gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac 240 Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp 65 70 75 80 ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat 288 Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn 85 90 95 gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg 336 Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala 100 105 110 ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc 384 Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu 115 120 125 gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg 432 Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu 130 135 140 ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag 480 Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu 145 150 155 160 gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt 528 Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu 165 170 175 gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga 576 Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg 180 185 190 gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag 624 Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu 195 200 205 cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc 672 Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile 210 215 220 gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc 720 Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg 225 230 235 240 gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc 768 Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly 245 250 255 gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct 816 Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala 260 265 270 atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac 864 Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn 275 280 285 gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag 912 Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln 290 295 300 gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag 960 Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln 305 310 315 320 aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc 1008 Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser 325 330 335 gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac 1056 Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp 340 345 350 ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat 1104 Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn 355 360 365 gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg 1152 Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala 370 375 380 ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc 1200 Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu 385 390 395 400 gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg 1248 Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu 405 410 415 ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag 1296 Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu 420 425 430 gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt 1344 Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu 435 440 445 gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga 1392 Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg 450 455 460 gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag 1440 Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu 465 470 475 480 cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc 1488 Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile 485 490 495 gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc 1536 Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg 500 505 510 gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc 1584 Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly 515 520 525 gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct 1632 Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala 530 535 540 atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac 1680 Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn 545 550 555 560 gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag 1728 Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln 565 570 575 gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag 1776 Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln 580 585 590 aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc 1824 Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser 595 600 605 gac ttt gtt gct 1836 Asp Phe Val Ala 610 38 612 PRT T CRUZI 38 Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn 1 5 10 15 Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln 20 25 30 Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln 35 40 45 Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser 50 55 60 Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp 65 70 75 80 Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn 85 90 95 Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala 100 105 110 Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu 115 120 125 Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu 130 135 140 Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu 145 150 155 160 Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu 165 170 175 Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg 180 185 190 Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu 195 200 205 Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile 210 215 220 Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg 225 230 235 240 Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly 245 250 255 Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala 260 265 270 Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn 275 280 285 Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln 290 295 300 Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln 305 310 315 320 Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser 325 330 335 Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp 340 345 350 Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn 355 360 365 Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala 370 375 380 Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu 385 390 395 400 Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu 405 410 415 Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu 420 425 430 Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu 435 440 445 Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg 450 455 460 Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu 465 470 475 480 Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile 485 490 495 Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg 500 505 510 Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly 515 520 525 Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala 530 535 540 Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn 545 550 555 560 Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln 565 570 575 Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln 580 585 590 Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser 595 600 605 Asp Phe Val Ala 610 39 621 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(621) 39 ttt aat cct tct acg gac aaa ttg aag cta aac caa caa aat aag cct 48 Phe Asn Pro Ser Thr Asp Lys Leu Lys Leu Asn Gln Gln Asn Lys Pro 1 5 10 15 cat att gca aat aat aaa caa aaa aca aca ctc gaa aaa act caa aca 96 His Ile Ala Asn Asn Lys Gln Lys Thr Thr Leu Glu Lys Thr Gln Thr 20 25 30 gaa caa aaa aca gcg cca ttt gga cag ggc gca gca ggg tgg aca aaa 144 Glu Gln Lys Thr Ala Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Ala Ala Gly Trp Thr Lys 35 40 45 cca tca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt 192 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 50 55 60 gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca 240 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 65 70 75 80 gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cta ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa 288 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 85 90 95 cca tca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt 336 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 100 105 110 gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cta ttt gga cag gcc gca 384 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 115 120 125 gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa 432 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 130 135 140 cca cca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt 480 Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 145 150 155 160 gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cta ttt gga cag gcc gca 528 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 165 170 175 gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cca ttt gga cag gga act gcg ttt gat gcc 576 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Ala Phe Asp Ala 180 185 190 tct cga agc act gtg ttt gcg aat gcg cct ggt gtt gcc cag gtg 621 Ser Arg Ser Thr Val Phe Ala Asn Ala Pro Gly Val Ala Gln Val 195 200 205 40 207 PRT T CRUZI 40 Phe Asn Pro Ser Thr Asp Lys Leu Lys Leu Asn Gln Gln Asn Lys Pro 1 5 10 15 His Ile Ala Asn Asn Lys Gln Lys Thr Thr Leu Glu Lys Thr Gln Thr 20 25 30 Glu Gln Lys Thr Ala Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Ala Ala Gly Trp Thr Lys 35 40 45 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 50 55 60 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 65 70 75 80 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 85 90 95 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 100 105 110 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 115 120 125 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 130 135 140 Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 145 150 155 160 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 165 170 175 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Ala Phe Asp Ala 180 185 190 Ser Arg Ser Thr Val Phe Ala Asn Ala Pro Gly Val Ala Gln Val 195 200 205 41 1845 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(1845) 41 ttt aat cct tct acg gac aaa ttg aag cta aac caa caa aat aag cct 48 Phe Asn Pro Ser Thr Asp Lys Leu Lys Leu Asn Gln Gln Asn Lys Pro 1 5 10 15 at att gca aat aat aaa caa aaa aca aca ctc gaa aaa act caa aca 96 His Ile Ala Asn Asn Lys Gln Lys Thr Thr Leu Glu Lys Thr Gln Thr 20 25 30 gaa caa aaa aca gcg cca ttt gga cag ggc gca gca ggg tgg aca aaa 144 Glu Gln Lys Thr Ala Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Ala Ala Gly Trp Thr Lys 35 40 45 cca tca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt 192 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 50 55 60 gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca 240 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 65 70 75 80 gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cta ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa 288 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 85 90 95 cca tca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt 336 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 100 105 110 gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cta ttt gga cag gcc gca 384 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 115 120 125 gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa 432 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 130 135 140 cca cca cca ttt gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca cca cca ttt 480 Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 145 150 155 160 gga cag gcc gca gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cta ttt gga cag gcc gca 528 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 165 170 175 gca ggt gac aaa cca tca cca ttt gga cag gga act gcg ttt gat gcc 576 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Ala Phe Asp Ala 180 185 190 tct cga agc act gtg ttt gcg aat gcg cct ggt gtt gcc cag gtg atg 624 Ser Arg Ser Thr Val Phe Ala Asn Ala Pro Gly Val Ala Gln Val Met 195 200 205 gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg 672 Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala 210 215 220 aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag 720 Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu 225 230 235 240 ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag 768 Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys 245 250 255 ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac 816 Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp 260 265 270 ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg 864 Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro 275 280 285 cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc 912 Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala 290 295 300 cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc 960 Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe 305 310 315 320 ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac 1008 Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp 325 330 335 gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc 1056 Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu 340 345 350 gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag 1104 Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu 355 360 365 agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct 1152 Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala 370 375 380 gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag 1200 Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu 385 390 395 400 ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc 1248 Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg 405 410 415 agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct 1296 Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala 420 425 430 gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag 1344 Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu 435 440 445 aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg 1392 Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val 450 455 460 ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct atg 1440 Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met 465 470 475 480 gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg cgc agg aac gcg 1488 Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala 485 490 495 aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc cgc gca cag gag 1536 Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu 500 505 510 ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc ctc gac cag aag 1584 Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys 515 520 525 ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac gac gac agc gac 1632 Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp 530 535 540 ttt gtt gct atg gag cag gag cgc agg cag ctg ctc gag aag gac ccg 1680 Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro 545 550 555 560 cgc agg aac gcg aag gag atc gct gcg ctt gag gag agc atg aat gcc 1728 Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala 565 570 575 cgc gca cag gag ctg gca cgc gag aag aag ctt gct gac cgc gcg ttc 1776 Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe 580 585 590 ctc gac cag aag ccg gag ggc gtg ccg ctg cga gag ctg ccg ctc gac 1824 Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp 595 600 605 gac gac agc gac ttt gtt gct 1845 Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala 610 615 42 615 PRT T CRUZI 42 Phe Asn Pro Ser Thr Asp Lys Leu Lys Leu Asn Gln Gln Asn Lys Pro 1 5 10 15 His Ile Ala Asn Asn Lys Gln Lys Thr Thr Leu Glu Lys Thr Gln Thr 20 25 30 Glu Gln Lys Thr Ala Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Ala Ala Gly Trp Thr Lys 35 40 45 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 50 55 60 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 65 70 75 80 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 85 90 95 Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 100 105 110 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 115 120 125 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys 130 135 140 Pro Pro Pro Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Pro Pro Phe 145 150 155 160 Gly Gln Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Leu Phe Gly Gln Ala Ala 165 170 175 Ala Gly Asp Lys Pro Ser Pro Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Ala Phe Asp Ala 180 185 190 Ser Arg Ser Thr Val Phe Ala Asn Ala Pro Gly Val Ala Gln Val Met 195 200 205 Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala 210 215 220 Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu 225 230 235 240 Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys 245 250 255 Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp 260 265 270 Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro 275 280 285 Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala 290 295 300 Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe 305 310 315 320 Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp 325 330 335 Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu 340 345 350 Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu 355 360 365 Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala 370 375 380 Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu 385 390 395 400 Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg 405 410 415 Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala 420 425 430 Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu 435 440 445 Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val 450 455 460 Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala Met 465 470 475 480 Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro Arg Arg Asn Ala 485 490 495 Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala Arg Ala Gln Glu 500 505 510 Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe Leu Asp Gln Lys 515 520 525 Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp Asp Asp Ser Asp 530 535 540 Phe Val Ala Met Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg Gln Leu Leu Glu Lys Asp Pro 545 550 555 560 Arg Arg Asn Ala Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Ala 565 570 575 Arg Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Lys Lys Leu Ala Asp Arg Ala Phe 580 585 590 Leu Asp Gln Lys Pro Glu Gly Val Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Pro Leu Asp 595 600 605 Asp Asp Ser Asp Phe Val Ala 610 615 43 858 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(858) 43 gat cca acg tat cgt ttt gca aac cac gcg ttc acg ctg gtg gcg tcg 48 Asp Pro Thr Tyr Arg Phe Ala Asn His Ala Phe Thr Leu Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 gtg acg att cac gag gtt ccg agc gtc gcg agt cct ttg ctg ggt gcg 96 Val Thr Ile His Glu Val Pro Ser Val Ala Ser Pro Leu Leu Gly Ala 20 25 30 agc ctg gac tct tct ggt ggc aaa aaa ctc ctg ggg ctc tcg tac gac 144 Ser Leu Asp Ser Ser Gly Gly Lys Lys Leu Leu Gly Leu Ser Tyr Asp 35 40 45 gag aag cac cag tgg cag cca ata tac gga tca acg ccg gtg acg ccg 192 Glu Lys His Gln Trp Gln Pro Ile Tyr Gly Ser Thr Pro Val Thr Pro 50 55 60 acc gga tcg tgg gag atg ggt aag agg tac cac gtg gtt ctt acg atg 240 Thr Gly Ser Trp Glu Met Gly Lys Arg Tyr His Val Val Leu Thr Met 65 70 75 80 gcg aat aaa att ggc tcc gtg tac att gat gga gaa cct ctg gag ggt 288 Ala Asn Lys Ile Gly Ser Val Tyr Ile Asp Gly Glu Pro Leu Glu Gly 85 90 95 tca ggg cag acc gtt gtg cca gac gag agg acg cct gac atc tcc cac 336 Ser Gly Gln Thr Val Val Pro Asp Glu Arg Thr Pro Asp Ile Ser His 100 105 110 ttc tac gtt ggc ggg tat gga agg agt gat atg cca acc ata agc cac 384 Phe Tyr Val Gly Gly Tyr Gly Arg Ser Asp Met Pro Thr Ile Ser His 115 120 125 gtg acg gtg aat aat gtt ctt ctt tac aac cgt cag ctg aat gcc gag 432 Val Thr Val Asn Asn Val Leu Leu Tyr Asn Arg Gln Leu Asn Ala Glu 130 135 140 gag atc agg acc ttg ttc ttg agc cag gac ctg att ggc acg gaa gca 480 Glu Ile Arg Thr Leu Phe Leu Ser Gln Asp Leu Ile Gly Thr Glu Ala 145 150 155 160 cac atg ggc agc agc agc ggc agc agt gcc cac ggt acg ccc tcg att 528 His Met Gly Ser Ser Ser Gly Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile 165 170 175 ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt aca ccc tcg act ccc gtt gac agc 576 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser 180 185 190 agt gcc cac ggt acg ccc tcg act ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt 624 Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly 195 200 205 aca ccc tcg act ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt aca ccc tcg act 672 Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr 210 215 220 ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt aag ccc tcg act ccc gct gac agc 720 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Lys Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser 225 230 235 240 agt gcc cac agt acg ccc tcg act ccc gct gac agc agt gcc cac agt 768 Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser 245 250 255 acg ccc tca att ccc gct gac agc agt gcc cac agt acg ccc tca gct 816 Thr Pro Ser Ile Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Ala 260 265 270 ccc gct gac aac ggc gcc aat ggt acg gtt ttg att ttg tcg 858 Pro Ala Asp Asn Gly Ala Asn Gly Thr Val Leu Ile Leu Ser 275 280 285 44 286 PRT T CRUZI 44 Asp Pro Thr Tyr Arg Phe Ala Asn His Ala Phe Thr Leu Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 Val Thr Ile His Glu Val Pro Ser Val Ala Ser Pro Leu Leu Gly Ala 20 25 30 Ser Leu Asp Ser Ser Gly Gly Lys Lys Leu Leu Gly Leu Ser Tyr Asp 35 40 45 Glu Lys His Gln Trp Gln Pro Ile Tyr Gly Ser Thr Pro Val Thr Pro 50 55 60 Thr Gly Ser Trp Glu Met Gly Lys Arg Tyr His Val Val Leu Thr Met 65 70 75 80 Ala Asn Lys Ile Gly Ser Val Tyr Ile Asp Gly Glu Pro Leu Glu Gly 85 90 95 Ser Gly Gln Thr Val Val Pro Asp Glu Arg Thr Pro Asp Ile Ser His 100 105 110 Phe Tyr Val Gly Gly Tyr Gly Arg Ser Asp Met Pro Thr Ile Ser His 115 120 125 Val Thr Val Asn Asn Val Leu Leu Tyr Asn Arg Gln Leu Asn Ala Glu 130 135 140 Glu Ile Arg Thr Leu Phe Leu Ser Gln Asp Leu Ile Gly Thr Glu Ala 145 150 155 160 His Met Gly Ser Ser Ser Gly Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile 165 170 175 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser 180 185 190 Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly 195 200 205 Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr 210 215 220 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Lys Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser 225 230 235 240 Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser 245 250 255 Thr Pro Ser Ile Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Ala 260 265 270 Pro Ala Asp Asn Gly Ala Asn Gly Thr Val Leu Ile Leu Ser 275 280 285 45 701 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(699) 45 act cat gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc 48 Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala 1 5 10 15 ttg ccg cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc 96 Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro 20 25 30 gac cac ttc cgc tcg acc tcg acg act cat gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt 144 Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val 35 40 45 gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa gag caa gag gat 192 Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp 50 55 60 gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc tcg acg act cat 240 Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Thr His 65 70 75 80 gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg 288 Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro 85 90 95 cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac 336 Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His 100 105 110 ttc cgc tcg acc tcg acg act cat gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc 384 Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro 115 120 125 tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg 432 Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly 130 135 140 ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc tcg acc tcg acg act cat 480 Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His 145 150 155 160 gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg 528 Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro 165 170 175 cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac 576 Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His 180 185 190 ttc cgc tcg acg act cat gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg 624 Phe Arg Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala 195 200 205 tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc 672 Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg 210 215 220 cac gtt gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc tcg ac 701 His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser 225 230 46 233 PRT T CRUZI 46 Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala 1 5 10 15 Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro 20 25 30 Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val 35 40 45 Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp 50 55 60 Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Thr His 65 70 75 80 Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro 85 90 95 Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His 100 105 110 Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro 115 120 125 Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly 130 135 140 Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His 145 150 155 160 Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro 165 170 175 Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His 180 185 190 Phe Arg Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala 195 200 205 Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg 210 215 220 His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser 225 230 47 1557 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(1557) 47 gat cca acg tat cgt ttt gca aac cac gcg ttc acg ctg gtg gcg tcg 48 Asp Pro Thr Tyr Arg Phe Ala Asn His Ala Phe Thr Leu Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 gtg acg att cac gag gtt ccg agc gtc gcg agt cct ttg ctg ggt gcg 96 Val Thr Ile His Glu Val Pro Ser Val Ala Ser Pro Leu Leu Gly Ala 20 25 30 agc ctg gac tct tct ggt ggc aaa aaa ctc ctg ggg ctc tcg tac gac 144 Ser Leu Asp Ser Ser Gly Gly Lys Lys Leu Leu Gly Leu Ser Tyr Asp 35 40 45 gag aag cac cag tgg cag cca ata tac gga tca acg ccg gtg acg ccg 192 Glu Lys His Gln Trp Gln Pro Ile Tyr Gly Ser Thr Pro Val Thr Pro 50 55 60 acc gga tcg tgg gag atg ggt aag agg tac cac gtg gtt ctt acg atg 240 Thr Gly Ser Trp Glu Met Gly Lys Arg Tyr His Val Val Leu Thr Met 65 70 75 80 gcg aat aaa att ggc tcc gtg tac att gat gga gaa cct ctg gag ggt 288 Ala Asn Lys Ile Gly Ser Val Tyr Ile Asp Gly Glu Pro Leu Glu Gly 85 90 95 tca ggg cag acc gtt gtg cca gac gag agg acg cct gac atc tcc cac 336 Ser Gly Gln Thr Val Val Pro Asp Glu Arg Thr Pro Asp Ile Ser His 100 105 110 ttc tac gtt ggc ggg tat gga agg agt gat atg cca acc ata agc cac 384 Phe Tyr Val Gly Gly Tyr Gly Arg Ser Asp Met Pro Thr Ile Ser His 115 120 125 gtg acg gtg aat aat gtt ctt ctt tac aac cgt cag ctg aat gcc gag 432 Val Thr Val Asn Asn Val Leu Leu Tyr Asn Arg Gln Leu Asn Ala Glu 130 135 140 gag atc agg acc ttg ttc ttg agc cag gac ctg att ggc acg gaa gca 480 Glu Ile Arg Thr Leu Phe Leu Ser Gln Asp Leu Ile Gly Thr Glu Ala 145 150 155 160 cac atg ggc agc agc agc ggc agc agt gcc cac ggt acg ccc tcg att 528 His Met Gly Ser Ser Ser Gly Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile 165 170 175 ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt aca ccc tcg act ccc gtt gac agc 576 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser 180 185 190 agt gcc cac ggt acg ccc tcg act ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt 624 Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly 195 200 205 aca ccc tcg act ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt aca ccc tcg act 672 Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr 210 215 220 ccc gtt gac agc agt gcc cac ggt aag ccc tcg act ccc gct gac agc 720 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Lys Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser 225 230 235 240 agt gcc cac agt acg ccc tcg act ccc gct gac agc agt gcc cac agt 768 Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser 245 250 255 acg ccc tca att ccc gct gac agc agt gcc cac agt acg ccc tca gct 816 Thr Pro Ser Ile Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Ala 260 265 270 ccc gct gac aac ggc gcc aat ggt acg gtt ttg att ttg tcg act cat 864 Pro Ala Asp Asn Gly Ala Asn Gly Thr Val Leu Ile Leu Ser Thr His 275 280 285 gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg 912 Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro 290 295 300 cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac 960 Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His 305 310 315 320 ttc cgc tcg acc tcg acg act cat gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc 1008 Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro 325 330 335 tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg 1056 Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly 340 345 350 ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc tcg acg act cat gac gcg 1104 Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala 355 360 365 tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa 1152 Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu 370 375 380 gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc 1200 Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg 385 390 395 400 tcg acc tcg acg act cat gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg 1248 Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala 405 410 415 tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc 1296 Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg 420 425 430 cac gtt gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc tcg acc tcg acg act cat gac gcg 1344 His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala 435 440 445 tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa 1392 Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu 450 455 460 gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc 1440 Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg 465 470 475 480 tcg acg act cat gac gcg tac agg ccc gtt gat ccc tcg gcg tac aag 1488 Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys 485 490 495 cgc gcc ttg ccg cag gaa gag caa gag gat gtg ggg ccg cgc cac gtt 1536 Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val 500 505 510 gat ccc gac cac ttc cgc tcg 1557 Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser 515 48 519 PRT T CRUZI 48 Asp Pro Thr Tyr Arg Phe Ala Asn His Ala Phe Thr Leu Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 Val Thr Ile His Glu Val Pro Ser Val Ala Ser Pro Leu Leu Gly Ala 20 25 30 Ser Leu Asp Ser Ser Gly Gly Lys Lys Leu Leu Gly Leu Ser Tyr Asp 35 40 45 Glu Lys His Gln Trp Gln Pro Ile Tyr Gly Ser Thr Pro Val Thr Pro 50 55 60 Thr Gly Ser Trp Glu Met Gly Lys Arg Tyr His Val Val Leu Thr Met 65 70 75 80 Ala Asn Lys Ile Gly Ser Val Tyr Ile Asp Gly Glu Pro Leu Glu Gly 85 90 95 Ser Gly Gln Thr Val Val Pro Asp Glu Arg Thr Pro Asp Ile Ser His 100 105 110 Phe Tyr Val Gly Gly Tyr Gly Arg Ser Asp Met Pro Thr Ile Ser His 115 120 125 Val Thr Val Asn Asn Val Leu Leu Tyr Asn Arg Gln Leu Asn Ala Glu 130 135 140 Glu Ile Arg Thr Leu Phe Leu Ser Gln Asp Leu Ile Gly Thr Glu Ala 145 150 155 160 His Met Gly Ser Ser Ser Gly Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile 165 170 175 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser 180 185 190 Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly 195 200 205 Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr 210 215 220 Pro Val Asp Ser Ser Ala His Gly Lys Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser 225 230 235 240 Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser 245 250 255 Thr Pro Ser Ile Pro Ala Asp Ser Ser Ala His Ser Thr Pro Ser Ala 260 265 270 Pro Ala Asp Asn Gly Ala Asn Gly Thr Val Leu Ile Leu Ser Thr His 275 280 285 Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro 290 295 300 Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His 305 310 315 320 Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro 325 330 335 Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly 340 345 350 Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala 355 360 365 Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu 370 375 380 Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg 385 390 395 400 Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala 405 410 415 Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg 420 425 430 His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala 435 440 445 Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu 450 455 460 Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg 465 470 475 480 Ser Thr Thr His Asp Ala Tyr Arg Pro Val Asp Pro Ser Ala Tyr Lys 485 490 495 Arg Ala Leu Pro Gln Glu Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gly Pro Arg His Val 500 505 510 Asp Pro Asp His Phe Arg Ser 515 49 1521 DNA T CRUZI CDS (1)..(1521) 49 atg gcc cga gct gtg gtg ctt gag gat gga gcg ctt tac gtg gcg gac 48 Met Ala Arg Ala Val Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Ala Leu Tyr Val Ala Asp 1 5 10 15 aat gcc aac aac ctc gtt cga gaa atc tcc aat ggc gtt gtc act tcg 96 Asn Ala Asn Asn Leu Val Arg Glu Ile Ser Asn Gly Val Val Thr Ser 20 25 30 ttt att acg gaa gga ctg ctg ggc cca tcg tac atc aaa ccg tac agc 144 Phe Ile Thr Glu Gly Leu Leu Gly Pro Ser Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser 35 40 45 cgt aca aat ggc gct cat gac ttg ttt gtg tcg gac acg ggc aaa tca 192 Arg Thr Asn Gly Ala His Asp Leu Phe Val Ser Asp Thr Gly Lys Ser 50 55 60 cgc atc att ttt gcc cca cct cag aaa aaa acg ttc atc aca gtg ttt 240 Arg Ile Ile Phe Ala Pro Pro Gln Lys Lys Thr Phe Ile Thr Val Phe 65 70 75 80 ata aca gga ttc cag ccg gat gtt ctt caa att agc gag aag agt cgt 288 Ile Thr Gly Phe Gln Pro Asp Val Leu Gln Ile Ser Glu Lys Ser Arg 85 90 95 ttg atg ttt gcc atc tgc aat tcc acg aaa att ctt gcg att aat atg 336 Leu Met Phe Ala Ile Cys Asn Ser Thr Lys Ile Leu Ala Ile Asn Met 100 105 110 cag gga gcc aca acc ccg aag gag tac tgg caa gtt gga aat gcg gac 384 Gln Gly Ala Thr Thr Pro Lys Glu Tyr Trp Gln Val Gly Asn Ala Asp 115 120 125 tgc atg ggc tat cag agt tcc ctc atg ctc acg acc gag gag gat aaa 432 Cys Met Gly Tyr Gln Ser Ser Leu Met Leu Thr Thr Glu Glu Asp Lys 130 135 140 ctc ctc tac tac ggc ata tta aat gga acc cca tcc atc atg tct tta 480 Leu Leu Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile Met Ser Leu 145 150 155 160 ccc gcc acc aaa acg aag acg gaa gca ccc aga att tgc ccg gat gtg 528 Pro Ala Thr Lys Thr Lys Thr Glu Ala Pro Arg Ile Cys Pro Asp Val 165 170 175 ttg ttg cag tgg cca cat ggg ccc att gtt tcg ctt gtg aat att aac 576 Leu Leu Gln Trp Pro His Gly Pro Ile Val Ser Leu Val Asn Ile Asn 180 185 190 aaa cat gca ttt tac gtt gtt acc gcc tcc aat gta tac att gta cat 624 Lys His Ala Phe Tyr Val Val Thr Ala Ser Asn Val Tyr Ile Val His 195 200 205 gat ggc tcg tat cat ccg act gga tcc atg gcc cag ctc caa cag gca 672 Asp Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Thr Gly Ser Met Ala Gln Leu Gln Gln Ala 210 215 220 gaa aat aat atc act aat tcc aaa aaa gaa atg aca aag cta cga gaa 720 Glu Asn Asn Ile Thr Asn Ser Lys Lys Glu Met Thr Lys Leu Arg Glu 225 230 235 240 aaa gtg aaa aag gcc gag aaa gaa aaa ttg gac gcc att aac cgg gca 768 Lys Val Lys Lys Ala Glu Lys Glu Lys Leu Asp Ala Ile Asn Arg Ala 245 250 255 acc aag ctg gaa gag gaa cga aac caa gcg tac aaa gca gca cac aag 816 Thr Lys Leu Glu Glu Glu Arg Asn Gln Ala Tyr Lys Ala Ala His Lys 260 265 270 gca gag gag gaa aag gct aaa aca ttt caa cgc ctt ata aca ttt gag 864 Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Ala Lys Thr Phe Gln Arg Leu Ile Thr Phe Glu 275 280 285 tcg gaa aat att aac tta aag aaa agg cca aat gac gca gtt tca aat 912 Ser Glu Asn Ile Asn Leu Lys Lys Arg Pro Asn Asp Ala Val Ser Asn 290 295 300 cgg gat aag aaa aaa aat tct gaa acc gca aaa act gac gaa gta gag 960 Arg Asp Lys Lys Lys Asn Ser Glu Thr Ala Lys Thr Asp Glu Val Glu 305 310 315 320 aaa cag agg gcg gct gag gct gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag 1008 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln 325 330 335 agg gca gct gag gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cgg aag gca 1056 Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Arg Lys Ala 340 345 350 gct gag gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa 1104 Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu 355 360 365 gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag aag gca gct gag gcc gcc 1152 Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala 370 375 380 aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc acg aag gtt 1200 Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val 385 390 395 400 gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc atg aag gtt gcc gaa 1248 Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Met Lys Val Ala Glu 405 410 415 gcg gag aag cag aag gca gct gag gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag 1296 Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu 420 425 430 aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag 1344 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln 435 440 445 aag gca gct gag gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca 1392 Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala 450 455 460 gct gaa gcc acg aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag cag aag gca gct gag 1440 Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu 465 470 475 480 gcc gcc aag gcc gtg gag acg gag aag cag agg gca gct gaa gcc acg 1488 Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr 485 490 495 aag gtt gcc gaa gcg gag aag gat atc gat ccc 1521 Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Asp Ile Asp Pro 500 505 50 507 PRT T CRUZI 50 Met Ala Arg Ala Val Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Ala Leu Tyr Val Ala Asp 1 5 10 15 Asn Ala Asn Asn Leu Val Arg Glu Ile Ser Asn Gly Val Val Thr Ser 20 25 30 Phe Ile Thr Glu Gly Leu Leu Gly Pro Ser Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser 35 40 45 Arg Thr Asn Gly Ala His Asp Leu Phe Val Ser Asp Thr Gly Lys Ser 50 55 60 Arg Ile Ile Phe Ala Pro Pro Gln Lys Lys Thr Phe Ile Thr Val Phe 65 70 75 80 Ile Thr Gly Phe Gln Pro Asp Val Leu Gln Ile Ser Glu Lys Ser Arg 85 90 95 Leu Met Phe Ala Ile Cys Asn Ser Thr Lys Ile Leu Ala Ile Asn Met 100 105 110 Gln Gly Ala Thr Thr Pro Lys Glu Tyr Trp Gln Val Gly Asn Ala Asp 115 120 125 Cys Met Gly Tyr Gln Ser Ser Leu Met Leu Thr Thr Glu Glu Asp Lys 130 135 140 Leu Leu Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile Met Ser Leu 145 150 155 160 Pro Ala Thr Lys Thr Lys Thr Glu Ala Pro Arg Ile Cys Pro Asp Val 165 170 175 Leu Leu Gln Trp Pro His Gly Pro Ile Val Ser Leu Val Asn Ile Asn 180 185 190 Lys His Ala Phe Tyr Val Val Thr Ala Ser Asn Val Tyr Ile Val His 195 200 205 Asp Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Thr Gly Ser Met Ala Gln Leu Gln Gln Ala 210 215 220 Glu Asn Asn Ile Thr Asn Ser Lys Lys Glu Met Thr Lys Leu Arg Glu 225 230 235 240 Lys Val Lys Lys Ala Glu Lys Glu Lys Leu Asp Ala Ile Asn Arg Ala 245 250 255 Thr Lys Leu Glu Glu Glu Arg Asn Gln Ala Tyr Lys Ala Ala His Lys 260 265 270 Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Ala Lys Thr Phe Gln Arg Leu Ile Thr Phe Glu 275 280 285 Ser Glu Asn Ile Asn Leu Lys Lys Arg Pro Asn Asp Ala Val Ser Asn 290 295 300 Arg Asp Lys Lys Lys Asn Ser Glu Thr Ala Lys Thr Asp Glu Val Glu 305 310 315 320 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln 325 330 335 Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Arg Lys Ala 340 345 350 Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu 355 360 365 Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala 370 375 380 Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val 385 390 395 400 Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Met Lys Val Ala Glu 405 410 415 Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu 420 425 430 Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln 435 440 445 Lys Ala Ala Glu Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala 450 455 460 Ala Glu Ala Thr Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Gln Lys Ala Ala Glu 465 470 475 480 Ala Ala Lys Ala Val Glu Thr Glu Lys Gln Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr 485 490 495 Lys Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys Asp Ile Asp Pro 500 505 

We claim:
 1. A recombinant plasmid vector comprising a DNA sequence which codes for a recombinant polypeptide corresponding to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of FP3 [SEQ ID NO 22], FP4 [SEQ ID NO 8], FP5 [SEQ ID NO 10], FP6 [SEQ ID NO 14], FP7 [SEQ ID NO 12], FP8 [SEQ ID NO 16], FP9 [SEQ ID NO 18] and FP10 [SEQ ID NO 20].
 2. The plasmid vector of claim 1, wherein the plasmid vector is selected from the group consisting of pGEX and pET plasmid vectors.
 3. The plasmid vector of claim 2, wherein the plasmid vector is pET-32a.
 4. The plasmid vector of claim 1, wherein the DNA sequence comprises one selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 21, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 9, SEQ ID NO 13, SEQ ID NO 11, SEQ ID NO 15, SEQ ID NO 17, and SEQ ID NO
 19. 4. An organism transfected with the plasmid vector of claim
 1. 5. The organism of claim 4, wherein the organism is Escherichia coli.
 6. A recombinant polypeptide comprising a sequence corresponding to one of FP3, FP4, FP6, FP7, FP8 and FP10.
 7. A kit comprising: a first recombinant polypeptide wherein the first recombinant polypeptide is the recombinant polypeptide of claim 6, and a second recombinant polypeptide.
 8. The kit of claim 7, wherein the second polypeptide comprises a sequence corresponding to one selected from the group consisting of Ag15 [SEQ ID NO 2], FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, FP7 FP8, FP9 and FP10, wherein the first recombinant polypeptide is different from the second recombinant polypeptide.
 9. The kit of claim 7, wherein the first recombinant polypeptide is FP4 and the second recombinant polypeptide is FP6.
 10. The kit of claim 7, further comprising a third recombinant polypeptide selected from the group consisting of Ag15, FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, FP7 FP8, FP9 and FP10, wherein the first recombinant polypeptide, the second recombinant polypeptide and the third recombinant polypeptide are different.
 11. The kit of claim 10, wherein the first recombinant polypeptide corresponds to FP4, the second recombinant polypeptide corresponds to FP6 and the third polypeptide corresponds to FP10.
 12. A method of detecting the presence of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in a sample from a subject, comprising: (A) contacting the sample with a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of FP3, FP4, FP6, FP7, FP8 and FP10 or an immunoreactive fragment thereof, and (B) detecting a specific binding interaction with an antibody in said sample, wherein the binding interaction comprises a specific binding between antibody in the sample and an epitope contained within the amino acid sequence set forth in FP3, FP4, FP6, FP7, FP8 and FP 10 and wherein said specific binding interaction indicates past or present infection with Trypanosoma cruzi.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the polypeptide of step A is immobilized on a carrier molecule or a solid phase.
 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the polypeptide of step A has a sequence obtained from a strain or clone of Trypanosoma cruzi.
 15. The method of claim 12, wherein the polypeptide has had one or more amino acids truncated.
 16. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of detecting anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies bound to the immobilized polypeptide is carried out by adding at least one compound that detects the antibodies.
 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one compound that enables detection of the anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies is selected from the group consisting of a colorimetric agent, a fluorescent agent, a chemiluminescent agent and a radionucleotide. 